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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Huizhou"”.
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Locality, Identity, and Geography: Translocal Practices of Huizhou Merchants in Late Imperial China
Recognizing, with local history, the diversity of local environments in China, I try to dispose of the (sometimes inadvertent) implication that these diverse locales were discrete. By highlighting the interconnectedness that was created by the movement of people, this dissertation brings out the …
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Inheritance, Family Structure, and Economic Development in the Lower Yangzi Region, c.1650-1950
… for one prefecture in the Lower Yangzi Region, Huizhou Prefecture. These sources were used to construct three databases. A first database, drawing on inheritance contracts (fenjia shu 分家書), provides detailed evidence on the wealth and structure of 307 households in late imperial and Republican …
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Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Buckling in Automotive Clutch and Brake Discs
<p>Thermal buckling behavior of automotive clutch and brake discs is studied by making the use of finite element method. It is found that the temperature distribution along the radius and the thickness affects the critical buckling load considerably. The results indicate that a monotonic …
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Shi in Architecture: the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Doors
This dissertation explores the concept of shi manifested in traditional Chinese architecture by examining the efficacy of the traditional Chinese house doors. Three connotations of the concept of shi derived from different philosophical schools of thought during the Warring States Period: the …